Armenian police used force and water cannons to clear a demonstration in central Yerevan after an overnight standoff with activists protesting against rising electricity prices. In the early hours June 23, special police forces moved to disperse a crowd of hundreds of protesters who spent more than nine hours seated in the street not far from the presidential compound.
Armenian Police Disperse Crowd Protesting Rise In Power Prices
Karapet Sahakian, a photojournalist with Panorama.am, is detained by police in Yerevan.
RFE/RL Armenian Service journalist Sisak Gabrielyan was beaten by the police while reporting from downtown Yerevan.